SEMINAR ON TSEUNG KWAN O TUNNEL * * * * *
PROFESSIONAL OFFICERS OF THE TERRITORY
DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT
(TDD) WILL BE THE GUEST SPEAKERS ON SATURDAY (NOVEMBER 24) AT A SEMINAR ON THE RECENTLY OPENED TSEUNG KWAN O TUNNEL.
THE SEMINAR, ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERS, WILL BE ATTENDED BY ABOUT 70 PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS.
IT WILL BE HELD AT THE INSTITUTE'S PREMISES ON THE NINTH FLOOR, ISLAND CENTRE, 1 GREAT GEORGE STREET, CAUSEWAY BAY.
HEADING THE TDD TEAM WILL BE DR Y.L. CHOI, PROJECT MANAGER OF THE SOUTH EAST NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT OFFICE WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TSEUNG KWAN 0 TUNNEL AND TSEUNG KWAN O NEW TOWN.
ATTENTION NEWS EDITORS:
MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES INTERESTED IN INTERVIEWING DR CHOI ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF TSEUNG KWAN O NEW TOWN SHOULD ARRIVE AT THE HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERS AROUND NOON ON SATURDAY (NOVEMBER 24).
HONG KONG MAY NEED A DATA PROTECTION AUTHORITY
HONG KONG MAY HAVE TO CONSIDER THE NEED FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A STATUTORY DATA PROTECTION AUTHORITY AND TO DEVISE PROVISIONS TO REGULATE CERTAIN TRANS-BORDER FLOWS OF DATA, THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR PETER TSAO, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
SPEAKING AT A DINNER MEETING OF THE HONG KONG INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FEDERATION, HE SAID THE WORKING GROUP ON DATA PROTECTION LEGISLATION WAS STUDYING ON THESE ISSUES.
THE WORKING GROUP WAS SET UP BY THE GOVERNMENT IN JULY 1988 то EXAMINE THE LAWS AND EXPERIENCES OF SOME SELECTED COUNTRIES, AND ON THE BASIS OF THIS STUDY, TO FURTHER EXAMINE THE DIRECTION TO BE TAKEN IN DRAFTING HONG KONG'S DATA PROTECTION LEGISLATION.
"SO FAR, THE WORKING GROUP HAS COMPLETED ITS STUDIES OF THE NATIONAL LEGISLATION OF OTHER COUNTRIES AND IS IN THE PROCESS OF DELIBERATING THE BASIC FEATURES WHICH HONG KONG'S LEGISLATION SHOULD ENSHRINE, MR TSAO SAID.
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